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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(neither)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Mixmag[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
Spin8/10[8]
Vibe[9]
Yahoo! Music UK[10]

Lovers Rock is the fifth studio album by English band Sade, released on 13 November 2000 by Epic Records. The album reached number eighteen on the UK Albums Chart and number three on the US Billboard 200. It has since been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[11] having sold 3.9 million copies in the United States by February 2010.[12] On 27 February 2002, the album earned Sade the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.[13]

According to the booklet, the track "The Sweetest Gift" is dedicated to the Rainbow Trust Children's Charity caring for children who have a life-threatening or terminal illness and their families, both in their own homes and at the Trust's two UK family respite centres.[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul S. Denman, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."By Your Side" 4:34
2."Flow" 4:34
3."King of Sorrow" 4:53
4."Somebody Already Broke My Heart" 5:01
5."All About Our Love" 2:40
6."Slave Song" 4:12
7."The Sweetest Gift" 2:18
8."Every Word" 4:04
9."Immigrant"
  • Adu
  • Janusz Podrazik
3:48
10."Lovers Rock" 4:13
11."It's Only Love That Gets You Through"
  • Adu
  • Podrazik
3:53
Total length:44:10
Target limited edition bonus disc[15]
No.TitleLength
1."The Sweetest Taboo" (live)5:55
2."Smooth Operator" (live)4:55
3."Nothing Can Come Between Us" (live)4:46
4."No Ordinary Love" (live)8:12
Total length:23:48

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Lovers Rock.[14]

Sade
Additional personnel
  • Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion
  • Melissa Caplan – Sade inside photograph
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Andy 'Nipper' Davies – assistant engineering
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements ("King of Sorrow")
  • Intro – design
  • Sophie Muller – cover photography
  • Andy Nice – cello ("Every Word")
  • Leroy Osbourne – vocals
  • Mike Pela – co-production, recording
  • Janusz Podrazik – keyboards ("Immigrant", "It's Only Love That Gets You Through")
  • Albert Watson – cover photography, all other photographs

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[54] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[55] Gold  
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[56] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[57] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[58] Gold 25,000^
Germany (BVMI)[59] Platinum 300,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[60] Gold 40,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[61] Gold 7,500^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[62] Gold 25,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[63] Platinum 0*
Sweden (GLF)[64] Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[65] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[66] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] 3× Platinum 3,900,000[12]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[67] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

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